In Attapady block of Kerala's
Palakkad district, illicit liquor is taking a heavy toll among the
adviasis. Addiction to the brew has led to many deaths and suicides,
even as a complacent and complicit administration looks on. M Suchitra. reports.

27-year-old Ratnamma, a garment factory worker, was forced to deliver a
baby on the streets of Bangalore. 20-year-old Gayathri was run over by
the bus belonging to the Bangalore garment factory where she worked.
Garment workers in Bangalore are caught in an exploitative web, reports
Padmalatha Ravi.

Blank Noise, begun as Jasmeen Patheja's
personal reaction to street sexual harassment, has grown to record
women's experiences in creative ways. The latest of these is a clothes
collection effort to tackle the misconception that women's attire
invites harassment. Vasudha V
reports.

Despite crores of rupees having been
spent in name of tribal and other development programmes in one block
of Palakkad district in Kerala, the region suffers from poor access to
decent health care. 80 per cent of the adivasi population here are
living in abject poverty. M Suchitra
reports.

Six women reporters of 'Malayala Manorama' daily, travelled across
Kerala state unescorted, to experience at first-hand the safety and
security that God’s Own Country was offering them. Sreedevi Jacob reports.

Though numerous attempts have
been made to rehabilitate sex workers across India, not many have
succeeded. Here is a success story on the rehabilitation of sex workers
in the town of Muvattupuzha, Kerala Sandhya
Mary reports.

Backed by religious groups and with advertising support from purdah manufacturers, family magazines in Kerala promote the purdah as a moral garment, driving more Muslim women behind the veil, says M. P. Basheer.